Robert was a retired Lieutenant with the Chicago Fire Department with 32 years of service, a U.S. Army veteran and an avid golfer.

Family will receive friends at theKurtz Memorial Chapel, 102 E. Francis Rd., New Lenox on Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 from 2 to 8 p.m. Funeral Services on Saturday, with prayers at 9:30 a.m. following to St. Jude Catholic Church, New Lenox for Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. Interment Resurrection Cemetery, Justice.